Former Flyers left winger Simon Gagne is the latest former Flyer to announce his retirement from the NHL, after spending 14 years in the league. Gagne scored 264 goals and 271 assists for 535 points over parts of 11 seasons with the Flyers, who drafted him with the 22nd overall pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He scored a total of 601 points during his career, which included stops in Tampa Bay, Los Angeles, and Boston. He won a Stanley Cup in 2012 with the Los Angeles Kings, along with former Flyers Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, and Justin Williams.

“Today, I want to thank my trainers and teammates,” said Gagne. “You inspired me to surpass myself. You made me understand that you need more than talent; it takes sacrifice and discipline and you need to work harder than your rivals. I also wish to thank my fans. Every evening, you energized me and inspired me to perform.”

His 264 goals with the Flyers ranks ninth on the team's all-time list, and was also 10th in points (535) and games played (691). His best year came in 2005-06, the year after the infamous lockout. He scored 47 goals and 32 assists for 79 points.

In 90 career playoff games in Philly, Gagne scored 32 goals and 15 assists for 47 points, with six game-winning goals. Two of them were from the 2010 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Bruins, which we will certainly never forget. The first one started the epic comeback...

...and the second one completed a comeback within another comeback in Game 7

Many of us also forget his game-winner in Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals...

He was traded shortly after the Cup run in 2010 to Tampa Bay in exchange for Matt Walker (yikes) and a fourth-round pick in the 2011 Entry Draft, which turned out to be left-winger Marcel Noebels. He returned to Philly in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings in 2013, and he scored in his first game back with the orange and black...

Here's to you Simon on a great retirement, and thanks for the great memories, although my dad wasn't a huge fan because you shot the puck wide a lot. He'd usually say that "he probably couldn't hit a soccer net."